A young man from the province in search of a better life comes to Moscow and falls in love with the girlfriend of a rich businessman who does not approve of this union. A friend of a visiting guy opens a nightclub, after which he starts having problems. Further events are rapidly developing, turning the fate of all.
Shadow & Bone excels in natural story representation with powerful centering of culture. Jessie Mei Li stars as Alina Starkov, the feisty cartographer with kindness, innocence, and integrity, who comes to be revealed as the legendary summoner of light.
'Airplane Mode' is a young adult movie that is about a woman who learns to step away from her smartphone, and from social media.
A young woman finds herself trapped in a crossfire of awkwardness during a nightmarish dinner party with her boyfriend's dysfunctional family.
Netflix's new thriller Apex, starring Charlize Theron, puts a twist on survival horror. Despite its setting in the beautiful- yet-dangerous Australian wilderness, Apex is not a movie about man vs. nature. Instead, it’s woman vs. man. While checking out the title card and its unpretentious Netflix release might lead viewers to believe Apex is just another celebrity project churned out of the streaming machine, Apex - whether by luck or by intention - is a consistently harrowing film about the reality of being a woman in a public space.
A brief look at two Barry Jenkins films that have established him as one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
